The head of Germany's foreign intelligence agency also cautioned that NATO countries must beware of Moscow's "little green men."
Tony Lyons, the leading organizer of the Make America Healthy Again movement, promised to raise $100 million to support Republicans this year. He's nowhere close. read more
An OpenAI employee focused on AI safety has quit the company and warned that top artificial intelligence firms aren't doing enough to mitigate the technology's risks, joining a growing chorus of employees raising alarms from within the industry. read more
Actors with makeup and fake symptoms staggered into 73 healthcare facilities. read more
Thou shalt love the datacenter! Verily, thou shalt rejoice in the house of the datacenter! read more
Sec Def Hegseth said he wants a testosterone-enabled fighting military.
Looks like he is succeeding.
Rubio says he doesn't think death linked to Russian plague lab is cause for alarm
www.scrippsnews.com
... The U.S. says it is monitoring a situation in Russia after a woman who worked at a plague research institute died from an unknown cause after developing pneumonia.
The case has raised concerns following unconfirmed reports that the woman died from pneumonic plague. Russian officials, however, said they have found no evidence that her illness was linked to materials she worked with at the institute.
The woman reportedly died at a hospital in Siberia. Officials said the hospital has been placed under quarantine and is no longer accepting new patients.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that he does not think there is cause for alarm at this time.
"It is cause for focus and a cause to just keep an eye on it, and we're doing that," Rubio said. ...
... Right-wing TV Personality Gets White House Press Job ...
Meanwhile, a former White House press personality has gotten a right-wing TV job ...
Karoline Leavitt Goes to Fox -- Full List of Trump Officials Linked to Network
www.newsweek.com
... Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News, becoming the latest Trump administration official to join the conservative network.
Leavitt, 29, who stepped down from her role as President Trump's chief spokesperson in August, will work as a contributor while providing commentary and analysis on Fox News Channel starting on November 1, the network announced Monday. ...
@#2 ... I bet Qatar won't be affected. ...
Maybe it depends upon if they were damages and how much damage they have.
Al Udeid Air Base
en.wikipedia.org
... Al Udeid Air Base ... is one of two military bases to the southwest of Doha, Qatar, in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It is the largest US military base in the Middle East, hosting approximately 10,000 military personnel as of 2026.[5] ...
Blind Faith - Had To Cry Today (1969)
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Blind Faith
en.wikipedia.org
... Blind Faith were an English rock supergroup that consisted of Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech.
They followed the success of the members' former bands, including Clapton and Baker's former group Cream and Winwood's former group Traffic, but they split after a few months, producing only one album and a three-month summer tour. ...
Speaking of Screaming Abdabs ...
The Dark Side of the Moo
en.wikipedia.org
...The Dark Side of the Moo is a 1986 unofficial compilation of early recordings by the English rock group Pink Floyd, featuring recordings not available on albums released in the US. Unlike other bootlegs containing previously unheard material (bootleg recordings), the album is made up of recordings that had at least one commercial release.[1]
The name parodies The Dark Side of the Moon, the band's most commercially successful album, and the front cover of Atom Heart Mother, which featured a cow.[2][3]
Background
The album was created by an anonymous label known as "Trixie Records" by a bootlegger known as "Richard",[3][4] and to avoid detection by authorities, used an early name for the group, "The Screaming Abdabs" on the record label. ...
The word "twunt" is a new one for me.
So I explored, and found this ...
twunt
www.wordnik.com
...
noun UK, slang
A fool; an extremely objectionable person.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Blend of ---- and ----
...
OK, now I understand. :)
... including Agron Berani, whom the Journal documented paying $944.44 to fill up his 18-wheeler with diesel fuel, which the Journal noted would have cost around $500 a year ago ...
Related ...
Truckers Are 'Just Trying to Hang On' When a Fill-Up Tops $1,000
www.nytimes.com
... Truckers are among the hardest hit by the soaring cost of diesel fuel. High prices are forcing some to stay on the road for months and others to park their rigs.
When Sean Howarth started his independent trucking business last year, he made sure to reserve one week a month for his family -- a girlfriend and her two children -- at home in Miami between three weeks on the road.
Then came the war in Iran, which sent the price of diesel fuel skyrocketing and turned a fill-up into an $1,000-a-tank ordeal.
For now, the only way to make ends meet, Mr. Howarth said, is to get on the road and stay there. He has not been home since mid-August.
He sleeps in his truck and has missed birthdays, volleyball games and date nights salsa dancing at a local club. He does not plan to return home until the holidays unless diesel prices fall sharply.
"I am just trying to hang on," he said. ...
The GOP does not even seem to want to back their GOP candidate ...
The price tag on the Ken Paxton rescue mission has Republicans panicking
www.politico.com
... Republicans know they have to spend big to save Ken Paxton. They're increasingly worried MAGA Inc. won't throw down in time.
In private conversations over recent weeks, senior Hill Republicans and GOP officials have nudged President Donald Trump's team to start spending more on the Texas Senate race before it's too late, according to three people with direct knowledge of those conversations, who were granted anonymity to discuss them.
Those fears escalated after audio leaked of Paxton privately trashing Trump's midterm convention, with some worrying it could impact whether MAGA Inc. continues spending after a current wave of GOP ad bookings run out Oct. 12.
A Trump operative told POLITICO that MAGA Inc. and its affiliates are expected to spend near $45 million on direct mail, TV, and digital advertising in Texas through Oct. 12, an increase from its previous $20 million to boost Paxton. But they said the team is still assessing how much more money to send in the final weeks, in consultation with Senate Republicans and their top super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund. ...
Hochul declares state disaster emergency over ongoing measles outbreak
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